Blizzard's 7.2 Preview: Legion Assaults on the Broken Isles

Blizzard has released their own preview of Legion Assaults on the Broken Isles in Patch 7.2. Invasions are making a return--this time in all Broken Isles zones. In these invasions, players will complete demonic World Quests and then defend a notable area in each Broken Isle zone, like Thunder Totem. This culminates in a special group scenario where you fight a Legion Command ship!\r\rWowhead also previewed the invasions last week on the PTR: check out our preview for a video, list of World Quests, and screenshots of the objectives.\r\rWe also just posted about live 7.1.5 news -- check out our news roundup on Assassination Hotfixes, interviews, new merchandise and more.\r\r\r\rWith the release of patch 7.2: The Tomb of Sargeras, the Burning Legion will renew their assault on Azeroth within the Broken Isles. Heroes of the Horde and Alliance will be asked to repel this incursion once more through a variety of encounters that we\u2019re calling \u2018Legion Assaults\u2019. While this event is similar to the Demon Invasions that were available prior to the launch of the Legion expansion, Legion Assaults use the World Quests system to deliver content while minimizing the disruption for those who are leveling new or alternate characters.Legion Assaults are accessible for players as a part of the level-up experience if they already have World Quests unlocked for another character on their account. These Legion Assault focused World Quests will be a great way to help take the fight to the Legion and earn extra experience and reputation while adventuring.Developer Insights: Early in the discussions for the Legion expansion, we knew we wanted the Legion to attack the Broken Isles with renewed fervor sometime during the patch cycle. That time is now.\r\rWe all loved Invasions and initially pursued that same approach for patch 7.2. Unfortunately, Invasions would have been tremendously disruptive to gameplay for those who were leveling up, even though that might have been the easiest path for us to take. We also thought we'd learned a thing or two both from Invasions and the World Quest system we introduced at the launch of the expansion.The Burning Legion will focus their attacks on multiple points within a zone and will be accessible via the World Quest system. Encounters can range from Elite bosses to areas taken over by Fel or even some \u2018Impvasions\u2019. (We couldn\u2019t resist a pun or two.) When a zone is under assault, each World Quest will count toward that zone\u2019s Emissary quest.\r\r Once the widespread Assault is taken care of, players will defend a more significant point within the Broken Isles such as Thunder Totem in Highmountain or Black Rook Hold in Val\u2019sharah.Different from the pre-launch Demon Invasions, players will have the opportunity to take the fight a bit further by participating in a three-player Scenario in which you\u2019ll work to neutralize a Legion Command ship that is leading demonic forces on the ground.Developer Insights: It's in many ways, it's reminiscent of the Invasions you might have experienced from before the Legion launch, but we built everything custom for each zone. We endeavored to make the Assaults feel as disruptive as possible without actively stomping on the core level-up questlines. Yes, the Legion is here and you should fight them. But, if you're on Alt #13 because you want two Shaman characters (who doesn't?) and would prefer the "Close Your Eyes and Make It Go Away\u2019" method, you can go about your merry questing and ignore the demons destroying the world around you.\r\r Assaults won\u2019t be under way at all times. Once you\u2019ve repelled the Legion Assault from the Broken Isles, it will take the Burning Legion some time to lick their wounds, regroup, and reinforce their troops before they return to try try again. Each Assault will be available for a relatively short period and with the Legion taking a little longer before they reemerge.Unlike Invasions, Legion Assaults don't advance for all players at the same time and each player will be able to defend each stage of the Assault. It\u2019s up to you to make it happen and defend the Broken Isles! Being the hero you are, this shouldn\u2019t be too difficult \u2026 Right hero?Experience Legion Assaults before they go live now on the 7.2 Public Test Realms.

Comentarios

Comentario de Cpains

on 2017-02-01T17:09:29-06:00

Cant Wait!

Comentario de Gigabear

on 2017-02-01T17:11:00-06:00

There will be quite a few players who cant' fly because pathfinder requires Suramar, also known as the worst thing in Legion. Before anyone asks, YES, I have it. But I forsee some major issues, especially early on when nobody can fly at all due to rep gating on Pathfinder 2. \r\rHopefully they will learn from this too, and make future pathfinder achievements not gated behind rep.

Comentario de Nyarloth

on 2017-02-01T17:27:17-06:00

It's really not that difficult to get, the only people who won't have it are the people who don't want to put in the two, to maybe three weeks of work to get it. There's been plenty of time since launch to be able to get pathfinder 1, and seeing as 7.2 likely won't be out for another month or two, there's still a lot of time to get it.

Comentario de Warrieur

on 2017-02-01T17:29:06-06:00

There will be quite a few players who cant' fly because pathfinder requires Suramar, also known as the worst thing in Legion. Before anyone asks, YES, I have it. But I forsee some major issues, especially early on when nobody can fly at all due to rep gating on Pathfinder 2.

Hopefully they will learn from this too, and make future pathfinder achievements not gated behind rep.

People had to level to 70 (and grind gold) if they wanted to fly in outland, had to level to 80 if they wanted to fly in northrend, had to level to 85 if they wanted to fly in cataclysm, had to quest if they wanted to fly in pandaria and had to do pathfinder in warlords to fly in Draenor.

I don't see a problem here.

A reward gated behind a clear target (an epic questline) you can work on now should not be seen as a barrier in any game. Do you expect to fight Bowser in any Mario game while not first run through the prerequisit levels and goals put in place there?

Comentario de ONCHEhap

on 2017-02-01T17:37:13-06:00

There will be quite a few players who cant' fly because pathfinder requires Suramar, also known as the worst thing in Legion. Before anyone asks, YES, I have it. But I forsee some major issues, especially early on when nobody can fly at all due to rep gating on Pathfinder 2. \r\rHopefully they will learn from this too, and make future pathfinder achievements not gated behind rep.\r\rPretty sure Suramar is the best thing in Outdoor legion though

Comentario de MelchiahAlex

on 2017-02-01T17:40:03-06:00

There will be quite a few players who cant' fly because pathfinder requires Suramar, also known as the worst thing in Legion. Before anyone asks, YES, I have it. But I forsee some major issues, especially early on when nobody can fly at all due to rep gating on Pathfinder 2. \r\rHopefully they will learn from this too, and make future pathfinder achievements not gated behind rep.\r\rThis is ridiculous, and stinks of nothing more than wanting to find something to complain about.\r\rI am an extremely casual player. I log in every day, sure, but I take things very slowly and bounce between many alts. I play so casually in fact that I finally got a toon to AK 25 for the first time just this week.\r\rYet even I have Pathfinder Part I complete. It really isn't that difficult and even with a languid pace like mine it's still fairly simple. The only people who wont have it by now, much less when 7.2 arrives which is likely months away, are those just now starting Legion and those who just chose not to work on it at all.\r\rCan we please stop complaining about that which isn't a problem?

Comentario de TheCyberTronn

on 2017-02-01T17:41:07-06:00

Pretty sure Suramar is the best thing in Outdoor legion though\r\rOh yeah. Definitely. It's such a good zone. I don't know how Jandvik comes into it, though. But the rest of it is amazing.

Comentario de Firelancer

on 2017-02-01T17:50:58-06:00

There will be quite a few players who cant' fly because pathfinder requires Suramar, also known as the worst thing in Legion. Before anyone asks, YES, I have it. But I forsee some major issues, especially early on when nobody can fly at all due to rep gating on Pathfinder 2. \r\rHopefully they will learn from this too, and make future pathfinder achievements not gated behind rep.\r\rThey should just give you flying when you hit 110. Why EARN something in a RPG? It's unheard-of. Progression towards a goal is definitely not a major element of a RPG at all... \r\rSarcasm is hard in text.

Comentario de Mightylorddk

on 2017-02-01T18:18:51-06:00

There will be quite a few players who cant' fly because pathfinder requires Suramar, also known as the worst thing in Legion. Before anyone asks, YES, I have it. But I forsee some major issues, especially early on when nobody can fly at all due to rep gating on Pathfinder 2. \r\rHopefully they will learn from this too, and make future pathfinder achievements not gated behind rep.\r\rAnother "booh dooh, I pay for this game so give me everything for free, I don't want to progress give me everything for free" comment

Comentario de dirtside

on 2017-02-01T18:21:23-06:00

There will be quite a few players who cant' fly because pathfinder requires Suramar, also known as the worst thing in Legion. Before anyone asks, YES, I have it. But I forsee some major issues, especially early on when nobody can fly at all due to rep gating on Pathfinder 2. \r\rHopefully they will learn from this too, and make future pathfinder achievements not gated behind rep.\rWhat exactly is the problem with it being gated behind rep?

Comentario de Filipse

on 2017-02-01T18:22:26-06:00

It's not reminicent of the Legion-Invasions as said above, this is entirely missguiding, the Invasions only realy unlock new world-quests in the zone the invasion is active within, and they dont realy offer any special rewards over normal world-quests.\r\rAs someone that plays PTR.

Comentario de elkagorasa

on 2017-02-01T18:30:40-06:00

There is no intent to make the process of getting flying 'easier' in WoW. With Blizzard's previous stance that flying should be completely removed from all expansions, as it removes from the 'immersive experience' of the game. \r\rAdding the Warlords Pathfinder achievement was their concession to all those (like myself) who have spent real dollars on flying mounts.

Comentario de Sielinth

on 2017-02-01T22:14:58-06:00

There will be quite a few players who cant' fly because pathfinder requires Suramar, also known as the worst thing in Legion. Before anyone asks, YES, I have it. But I forsee some major issues, especially early on when nobody can fly at all due to rep gating on Pathfinder 2. \r\rHopefully they will learn from this too, and make future pathfinder achievements not gated behind rep.\r\runless you dinged 110 one to two weeks before patched 7.2 launch date there's really no reason not to have Suramar completed\r\rif you're actively avoiding the zone for whatever reason then that is really on you and not Blizzard. \r\rIt's not reminicent of the Legion-Invasions as said above, this is entirely missguiding, the Invasions only realy unlock new world-quests in the zone the invasion is active within, and they dont realy offer any special rewards over normal world-quests.\r\rAs someone that plays PTR.\r\rI don't know about needing special rewards, my only complaint right now is that there's nothing "special" for leveling characters. like the Legion invasion was a good source of XP for alt toons, so far that's not the case.

Comentario de Truweil

on 2017-02-02T01:17:50-06:00

There will be quite a few players who cant' fly because pathfinder requires Suramar, also known as the worst thing in Legion. Before anyone asks, YES, I have it. But I foresee some major issues, especially early on when nobody can fly at all due to rep gating on Pathfinder 2. \r\rHopefully they will learn from this too, and make future pathfinder achievements not gated behind rep.\r\r\rSpeak for yourself, just because you don't like something doesn't mean no one else does. I have enjoyed Suramar very much. I found it not difficult at all to get pathfinder 1 completely organically. I do not recall having to go out of my way to complete any part of it.

Comentario de panosk

on 2017-02-02T03:25:08-06:00

I dont know why but the invasions seem "weak",meaning that the amount of demons you are facing is small, i believe we need armies of demons to invaded each zone and not some demons spreaded around .( I havent tried the PTR as i dont have time atm and only concluded to this from the videos i have seen)

Comentario de nitrozz

on 2017-02-02T04:11:56-06:00

There will be quite a few players who cant' fly because pathfinder requires Suramar, also known as the worst thing in Legion. Before anyone asks, YES, I have it. But I forsee some major issues, especially early on when nobody can fly at all due to rep gating on Pathfinder 2. \r\rHopefully they will learn from this too, and make future pathfinder achievements not gated behind rep.\r\rWell this kind of quest line makes the pathfinder more and more rewarding! If you stick with your main, this shouldn't be a problem at all.

Comentario de Greensmower1

on 2017-02-02T08:39:18-06:00

There will be quite a few players who cant' fly because pathfinder requires Suramar, also known as the worst thing in Legion. Before anyone asks, YES, I have it. But I forsee some major issues, especially early on when nobody can fly at all due to rep gating on Pathfinder 2. \r\rHopefully they will learn from this too, and make future pathfinder achievements not gated behind rep.\r\rWOW... if people don't want to fly, then there is no one holding a Felo'melorn to their heads. It is not really an unrealistic expectation to have to earn flying. Blizz has said in several pre-expansion posts for other xpacs that they don't want everyone to just be able to grind quests in a couple of zones to max lvl, and then drop what used to seemingly be a LOT of gold at a trainer. A player actually has to PLAY the game, explore the world on a ground mount first... Suramar is a crazy easy zone to rep in. The only reason I don't yet have Abrecaminos de las Islas Abruptas, 1.ª parte is because I have chosen to level AK and AP through instances and WQ's. But just through a few emissary turn in's I am already most of the way to the rep requirement. It is really an easy achievement to earn. It really makes the game a bit more fun and challenging, at least to me.

Comentario de dumenc

on 2017-02-02T09:32:42-06:00

\r\rIt's not reminicent of the Legion-Invasions as said above, this is entirely missguiding, the Invasions only realy unlock new world-quests in the zone the invasion is active within, and they dont realy offer any special rewards over normal world-quests.\r\rAs someone that plays PTR.\r\rI don't know about needing special rewards, my only complaint right now is that there's nothing "special" for leveling characters. like the Legion invasion was a good source of XP for alt toons, so far that's not the case.\r\rI agree, in the preexpancion invasion i lvl up my priest from 1 to 100 in 8hs, that was insane (and my 12th char in lvlcap :D), i could use some of thats kind of bonus xp to lvlup them to 110.... bcose, i'm realy tired of the stormhaim questline, i might done that 6 times by now

Comentario de Billredskin

on 2017-02-03T12:16:03-06:00

had to level to 80 if they wanted to fly in northrend, \rIt was 77, but still pretty expensive. Most of Icecrown and Strom Peaks require flying, and a little bit of Sholazar too.\r\rhad to level to 85 if they wanted to fly in cataclysm\r60. It was 60 to learn flying in Kalimdor and EK since Cataclysm began (though there was little reason to learn it before 80). Questing zones in Cataclysm were designed with flying players in mind. I know Vash'jir is doable without flying, but not sure about the rest.

Comentario de Gigabear

on 2017-04-03T12:24:59-05:00

There will be quite a few players who cant' fly because pathfinder requires Suramar, also known as the worst thing in Legion. Before anyone asks, YES, I have it. But I forsee some major issues, especially early on when nobody can fly at all due to rep gating on Pathfinder 2.

Hopefully they will learn from this too, and make future pathfinder achievements not gated behind rep.

People had to level to 70 (and grind gold) if they wanted to fly in outland, had to level to 80 if they wanted to fly in northrend, had to level to 85 if they wanted to fly in cataclysm, had to quest if they wanted to fly in pandaria and had to do pathfinder in warlords to fly in Draenor.

I don't see a problem here.

A reward gated behind a clear target (an epic questline) you can work on now should not be seen as a barrier in any game. Do you expect to fight Bowser in any Mario game while not first run through the prerequisit levels and goals put in place there?

How do you not see a problem with going from requiring stuff ever player had to do anyway(leveling), to going to this new pathfinder garbage which literally requires EVERY ZONE? How can you not see this for the pathetic attempt to stretch out content that it is by making it all mandatory? Suramar is the worst designed zone imaginable. It exemplifies everything wrong with a world without flying. Slip up once and you're bombarded by mobs who contribute ZERO to your character advancement. Pure annoyance with no benefit. The story is poorly written as well.

Flying is not a REWARD. It is a feature that makes the game playable. I did all the things you listed, especially mass gold grinding to earn in the first place. getting it n current content should either not require all of this nonsense, or be available to do from LAUNCH. These last 7 months have been awful. For me, Legion will only truly begin being fun when I can fly over all the stupid irrelevant mobs and do what I am intending to.

Disagree if you like, but I will NEVER agree that not flying is fun for more than maybe a week or two in a new expansion. I've done it twice now, and these periods are easily the worst in my 12 year WoW history.

Edit: I have an idea, let's gate PvP or the first raid behind having to do EVERYTHING and even after you do it, wait 7 months. No? DIDN'T THINK SO.